froggy
See also: Froggy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒɡi
- Hyphenation: frog‧gy
Noun
froggy (plural froggies)
- (childish or endearing) A frog.
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- This little froggy took a big leap
- This little froggy took a small
- This little froggy leaped sideways
- And this little froggy not at all
- And this little froggy went,
- hippity, hippity, hippity hop, all the way home.
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- Hop little froggy, hop hop hop
- Hop little froggy, and don't you stop
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.
Adjective
froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)
- Froglike.
- Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
- 1938, The American Legion Magazine:
- Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.
- 1938, The American Legion Magazine:
- Inclined to fight.
- 1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn, Simon and Schuster:
- Now jump, if you still feel froggy.
- 1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn, Simon and Schuster:
- Aggressive.
- Energetic or strong.
- 2010, Paul J. Roarke, Corps Strength: A Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant's Program for Elite Fitness, Ulysses Press:
- On the days that you're feeling "froggy" (meaning you have plenty of energy) […]
- 2010, Paul J. Roarke, Corps Strength: A Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant's Program for Elite Fitness, Ulysses Press:
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Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -y
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒɡi
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English childish terms
- English endearing terms
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